Press Releases

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce eight of its attorneys have been named to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list for 2019. Attorneys selected for the Super Lawyers list have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Attorneys selected for the Rising Stars list are being recognized as the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state of Pennsylvania. Dinsmore attorneys recognized as Super Lawyers are: Joel M ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP partner J.T. Wilson III and associate Elizabeth Duncan Brewer earned an impressive outcome at trial for a railroad client last week in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff—a railroad police offer—alleged negligence by the railroad after he suffered a torn distal bicep tendon while going through training to use a new expandable police baton ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Angela W. Konrad has been named to the 2019 West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellows class. Konrad is one of 16 new members who will be honored during the Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on April 25. The West Virginia Bar Association selects members based on their dedication to the legal profession and to improving their community.  “It’s a great honor to be named a Bar Foundation Fellow ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome Andrew N. Howe, who joins the firm from Spruce Law Group as a partner in the labor and employment department. Howe counsels corporate clients on business matters on a local, national, and international level, drawing from his labor and employment experience as well as a background that includes commercial litigation. He provides on-site training to clients on issues such as workplace discrimination and avoidance of labor disputes and liability ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP continues to grow its presence in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, where it has recently welcomed six attorneys. Dwight D. Myfelt joins the Cincinnati office as an associate of counsel and brings more than two decades of experience to the firm with a strong focus on immigration law. He engages with employers and health care professionals throughout every stage of the immigration process, from securing visas at U.S ...

Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce its attorneys have received top rankings, including one Band 1 ranking, in the 2019 Edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. In compiling the current directory, interviews were conducted throughout the United States carried out by a team of 150 full-time researchers. Law firms and individual attorneys are ranked in bands from one to six, with one being the best ...

Dinsmore ranks among the top U.S. law firms for its percentage of black attorneys, according to the newly released Black Student’s Guide to Law Schools & Firms. The report, published by nonprofit organization Lawyers of Color, is the first comprehensive listing of black attorney percentages across nearly 400 firms. Lawyers of Color recognized firms with a black attorney percentage of 3.8 or more as “D&I Leaders.” Dinsmore’s percentage is 5 ...

Last May, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP was named a top law firm for women attorneys by Law360’s Glass Ceiling Report. This year, Dinsmore is continuing to push forth the firm’s emphasis on diversity and equality ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce client Peoples Bancorp has finalized the acquisition of First Prestonsburg Bancshares and First Commonwealth Bank of Prestonsburg in a transaction valued at approximately $43.7 million. The complex deal, which spanned more than six months, was led by attorneys Christian Gonzalez, Michael G. Dailey, J. Eric Quinn, and Jacqueline I. Painter ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is happy to announce 33 of its attorneys have been named to the West Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for 2019.  Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in the state.  Dinsmore attorneys on the lists are: Super Lawyers Charleston Allison S ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP associate Stephanie Scott Weems received the 2018 Rising Star award from the Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio. “The Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio is truly making a difference in our community and our state, and I'm privileged to have the opportunity to work with this wonderful organization,” said Weems ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce three of its attorneys – Mikel R. Bistrow, Christopher Celentino and Joseph S. Leventhal – have been named to the San Diego Super Lawyers list for 2019. Celentino and Leventhal are also recognized among the top 50 attorneys in San Diego. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Gregory A. Tapocsi as of counsel to the firm’s Columbus office, practicing out of the health care group. His experience includes reviewing and analyzing compliance with leading cybersecurity frameworks such as those created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology developing plans for minimizing cybersecurity risk, and collaborating nationally with attorneys general offices ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has partnered with World Services Group as its sole legal services affiliate in Ohio. Since joining WSG in June of 2018, the firm has held the same distinction in Kentucky. WSG is a global network of more than 130 professional services providers, including legal, investment banking and accounting firms. Its members operate in more than 145 jurisdictions worldwide and are able to leverage their WSG connectivity to offer clients knowledge and service on a global scale ...

Dinsmore and Shohl’s Raymond L. Harrell Jr. has been appointed to a three-year term on the Capitol Market board of directors. Capitol Market is a premier retail and dining destination in Charleston featuring an eclectic mix of indoor and outdoor businesses offering a variety of West Virginia-made products. Capitol Market gives back to the Charleston community by helping raise money for dozens of charitable and civic organizations each year ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed commercial litigation partner Kara A. Czanik to its headquarters in Cincinnati. She will focus her practice on consumer finance litigation, as she has done professionally for the last 12 years. Czanik joins Dinsmore from Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP, where she practiced for over 13 years ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is adding to its roster of commercial litigation attorneys in Columbus with the hire of associate Andrew S. Good. Good has been practicing in Ohio since 2012, representing clients from inception through trial in a number of areas, including medical defense, employment law and business litigation ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Vanessa N. Rogers has been selected for the 2019 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), a national organization training program designed to build relationships and leadership skills. Rogers joins more than 200 attorneys as part of the 2019 LCLD Fellows. Launched in 2011, the LCLD Fellows program aims to increase diversity at the leadership levels of the nation’s law firms and corporate legal departments ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP earned high marks in The Bond Buyer 2018 rankings, including being ranked second overall in Kentucky and Ohio and second in Pennsylvania for the number of transactions. Dinsmore earned a top-25 spot nationally for bond counsel. Thomson Reuters compiles transaction data for The Bond Buyer. Nationally, Dinsmore completed 133 deals totaling $3.4 billion. In Kentucky, Dinsmore earned the second overall ranking by serving as bond counsel on 33 issues totaling more than $1 ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and individual attorneys earn spot on prestigious trademark list Dinsmore IP partners James Dimitrijevs, Lisa Parker Gates, Karen Gaunt and Lynda Roesch have been recognized by World Trademark Review (WTR) in its 2019 edition of WTR 1000, a listing of the standout firms and attorneys in trademark law. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP was also one of seven firms to receive recognition in Ohio ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome L. Todd Gibson as a partner in its Cleveland office, where he establishes a local presence for the firm’s national public finance practice of nearly 50 attorneys in 11 of the firm’s offices coast to coast. Gibson joins the firm from Squire Patton Boggs LLP and concentrates his practice on tax-exempt health care finance and debt-related derivatives ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed litigation partners Nathan Blaske and Harry Cappel in its Cincinnati office. “Nathan and Harry are experienced litigators who are well-respected throughout the region,” said Dinsmore Chairman and Managing Partner George H. Vincent. “They will be great assets to the firm and great resources for our clients ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP client SpotHero has finalized a partnership with ParkHub that will grow its current network of premium parking facilities by hundreds of new venues, making it one of the largest parking mobility platforms in North America. The partnership deal involved an asset sale from parking reservation company SpotHero to B2B parking technology provider ParkHub and included the creation of an alliance between the parties on booking and parking site prospecting and shared revenues ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Tiye H. Greene as an associate to the firm’s Detroit office. Greene will practice out of the intellectual property group. Her experience includes U.S. trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement, as well as copyright registration and enforcement. Greene received her J.D ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Peter Mastan has been named to the Los Angeles Super Lawyers list for 2019. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The exclusive list recognizes no more than 5 percent of attorneys ...